Apathy in dementia: An examination of the psychometric properties of the Apathy Evaluation Scale

被引：103

作者：

Clarke, Diana E.

van Reekum, Robert

Simard, Martine

Streiner, David L.

Freedman, Morris

Conn, David

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto, Grad Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada

[2] Univ Toronto, Inst Human Dev, Toronto, ON, Canada

[3] Baycrest Ctr Geriatr Care, Dept Psychiat, Toronto, ON, Canada

[4] Baycrest Ctr Geriatr Care, Kunin Lunenfeld Appl Res Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada

[5] Univ Toronto, Div Geriatr Psychiat, Toronto, ON, Canada

[6] Univ Laval, Ecole Psychol, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada

[7] Univ Laval, Ctr Rech, Quebec City, PQ, Canada

[8] Univ Toronto, Dept Psychiat, Toronto, ON, Canada

[9] Univ Toronto, Div Neurol, Dept Med, Toronto, ON, Canada

[10] Univ Toronto, Div Geriatr Psychiat, Toronto, ON, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES | 2007年 / 19卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19.1.57

中图分类号：

R74 [神经病学与精神病学];

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摘要：

The psychometric properties of the clinician, informant, and self-rated versions of the Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES-C/I/S) were examined using data on 121 outpatients seen in a behavioral neurology clinic for the assessment of dementia and associated neuropsychiatric disorders. Two factors, apathy and interest, were identified for the AES-C and the AES-I. The AES-S had only an apathy factor. The AES-C was found to have fairly good psychometric properties. However, from a diagnostic point of view, the AES-I provided the greatest sensitivity and the strongest positive and negative predictive values. Generally, the AES-S performed poorly compared with the AES-C and AES-I.

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